Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

• 1.   Short title

• 2.   Interpretation

• 3.   Trusts, trustees and beneficiaries generally

• 4.   Application of Act

• 5.   Designation of Registrar and Deputy Registrars

• 6.   Indemnity of officers

• 7.   Registered office

• 8.   Application for registration

• 9.   Registration

• 10.   Qualifications for trust to be or remain registered

• 11.   Language and translation

• 12.   Fees payable to Registrar

• 13.   Cancellation of registration

• 14.   Appeals against cancellation

• 15.   Validity of international trust

• 16.   Presumption of irrevocability

• 17.   Duration of trust and accumulation of income

• 18.   Retention of control by settlor

• 19.   Protective international trusts

• 20.   Charitable international trusts

• 21.   Trusts for non-charitable purposes

• 22.   Extension of cy-pres

• 23.   Protector of a trust

• 24.   Failure or lapse of interest

• 25.   Failure of charitable international trusts

• 26.   Termination of international trust

• 27.   Liability for breach of trust

• 28.   Constructive trusts

• 29.   Tracing trust property

• 30.   Beneficiary may relieve or indemnify trustee

• 31.   Power to relieve trustee from personal liability

• 32.   Proper law of trust

• 33.   Change of proper law

• 34.   Exclusion of heirship, community of property and other rights arising under foreign laws

• 35.   Jurisdiction of the Court

• 36.   Court's determination of validity

• 37.   Saving of certain rights

• 38.   Extent of invalidity for creditors

• 39.   Foreign judgments not enforceable

• 40.   Application for directions

• 41.   Payment of costs

• 42.   Limitation on commencement of proceedings

• 43.   Security for costs

• 44.   Scope

• 45.   Avoidance of fraud

• 46.   Limitations

• 47.   Application

• 48.   Certain rights

• 49.   Extent of avoidance of relevant dispositions

• 50.   Statute of Elizabeth not applicable

• 51.   Exemptions of international trusts and Saint Lucia trusts from income tax

• 52.   Records

• 53.   Confidentiality

• 54.   Investments

• 55.   Bankruptcy

• 56.   Regulations

• 8.   (Amended by Act 21 of 2003 and Repealed by Act 15 of 2018)

• 9.   (Repealed by Act 15 of 2018)